sejour

See also: Sejour and séjour

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French séjour. Cognate with dated Norwegian Bokmål sejour and dated Danish sejour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈɧuːr/

Noun

sejour c

1. A stay, a sojourn, temporary change of location

   Laget hade en kort sejour i högsta serien. De åkte ur tillbaka till andradivisionen efter första året.

   The team had a short stay in the top league. They were relegated to the second division after their first year.

   Först bodde jag i Stockholm, sen hade jag en kort sejour i Uppsala innan jag flyttade till Västerås.

   First i lived in Stockholm, then I had a short stay in Uppsala before I moved to Västerås.

Declension

Declension of sejour

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sejour	sejours
	definite	sejouren	sejourens
plural	indefinite	sejourer	sejourers
	definite	sejourerna	sejourernas

Related terms

• sejournera (dated)
• jour
• sous-

See also

• vistelse

References

• sejour in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)